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alteration (iou) and chloroplast (sh)


alteration (iou)



alteration noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French alteration or late Latin alteratio(n-) from alterat- pa. ppl stem of alterare: see ALTER verb, -ATION.]
The action of altering. LME.
chromatic alteration: see CHROMATIC adjective 1.
b. Music. Extension (usu. doubling) of the value of a note. E16-E17.
A change in character or appearance; an altered condition. LME.
b. spec. A change for the worse; a distemper. M16-M17.
Comb.: alteration hand one employed to alter or remake clothes.

chloroplast (sh)




Microscopic, ellipsoidal organelle in a green plant cell.

It is the site of photosynthesis. It is distinguished by its green colour, caused by the presence of chlorophyll. It contains disk-shaped structures called thylakoids that make possible the formation of ATP, an energy-rich storage compound.